When did the term "undocumented immigrant" pop up?

Everything is racist now. Therefore nothing is.

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Technically there are 3 types of immigrants

1 is here legally with proper documentation
2 came here legally but over stayed their visa (no longer has valid documentation)
3 came across border illegally and never had documentation

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I'm in favor of all 3 three types being deported.

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I'm in favor of all 3 three types being deported.

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Certainly 2 of the 3 should be

And they will turn around and vote for people who will let more of their people in with less restrictions then your grandchildren will be outnumbered and stand zero chance.

Some of you people will never get it. And that's okay.

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I'm in favor of all 3 three types being deported.

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You're in favor deporting people that are here legally? There's a surprise.

I'm OK with the newer term,

'removable aliens'

Per SCOTUS, the proper term is illegal alien.

You see the euphemisms kick in because it softens the language. They don't want the poor illegal brown people (and other illegals) to feel bad about being criminals, so they tone it down. 'Illegal' conveys that you've broken the law. It's right in the name.

'Undocumented'? You just need the paperwork. You're already here. Let's just take care of that little technicality.

And 'Immigrants?' Why, we're a NATION of immigrants. You'll fit right in! Just have to deal with that pesky documentation quibble...

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That chart begins ascending with a vengeance at the beginning of politically correctness movement, aka the election of Bill Clinton.

The media and the left have been massaging language for decades now. I don't know who or when this changed exactly, but likely the comms group in a leftist organization coined the phrase and the media ran with it.

A recent example of this is that gender reassignment surgery has been relabeled as gender confirmation surgery. Granted, this phrase hasn't gained wide usage yet, but I may have heard one of the earliest usages of it, and it was jarring.

Now, I'm old, baws, but I remember activists trying this when they pushed Reagan into the terrible amnesty bill in the 1980s. So, it is at least that old.